All four fighters for tomorrow’s WBC Female double header in Copenhagen had no problems making weight.
WBC interim world superlightweight champion Klara Svensson (Sweden) weighed in at 62.7 kg (138 lbs.) while her challenger Lucia Morelli (Italy) brought 61.5 kg (135.5 lbs.) to the scale. It will be the first title defense for the “Swedish Princess” Svensson who won the interim championship by beating Marie Riederer in September. The winner of this fight will face newly crowned WBC world champion Erica Anabella Farias next.
Unified WBC / WBA / WBO / IBF welterweight champion and boxing’s “First Lady” Cecilia Braekhus (Norway) weighed in at 65.4 kg (144 lbs.). Her challenger Jennifer Retzke (Germany) went over the scale at 66.0 (145.5 lbs.). The unbeaten and undisputed champion Braekhus is looking to defend her title for the 16th time. The 33-year-old Norwegian sports icon won the WBC World championship in March 2009 and has beaten every challenger ever since. Right after the weigh-in female boxing’s pound-for-pound-champion was awarded with two pictures to personalize her green and gold WBC belt and proudly presented the “upgraded” belt to the public and media.
